brilliant pastries. the icebox cookies are the bomb. bravo lark while shooting a movie close by. natalie portman bought the crew a box of assorted cupcakes. bless her heart. read more

The Ice Box cake was literally frozen! My wife loves (loved) this place--she won't be back! Before today, we were in the area about 5 years ago. Today, 11 July 2026, my wife is craving Ice Box cake, well to our surprise is frozen as a rock! I thought pastries, specially personal size pastries should be ready to eat at the moment of purchase. In all fairness, the store seems like a shell of what it once was, inside, it looks as if it's a bad day away from the store shutting down, which I am really sure it's in the not so distant horizon. Selling frozen pastries is bad for business, it lead me to believe your inventory is sitting in the freezer for days and who knows how fresh it is. So, with that in mind, I will never eat at Lark's bakery, its pastors are gross, plain and simple! read more

Lark had long been our favorite bakery for cakes and cupcakes and everything else they bake. We're so excited to find they deliver the distance for our wedding! LOVE! read more

Lark can make miracles happen! I don't even try to bake myself because Lark does the job every time. Quick turn around, high quality, always answers the phone, and they have 2 great vegan flavors as well! I love the mini cake for $7 for a quick celebration (seen in video) and the 8" cake was great for a large group. I also grabbed a dozen cupcakes to vary all flavors - carrot cake, red velvet, funfetti, and coconut! 10/10 recommend read more

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I used Lark Cake Shop for my recent wedding. They did a fantastic job! The cake looked exactly like the photo I sent them of what I wanted. It was delivered on time in perfect condition. It was so delicious! It's a good thing that we ordered extra because people wanted seconds. One friend called us the next day and asked if we had any left and could they have a couple more slices. He said it was the best wedding cake he's ever had and insisted on knowing where we got it from. I highly recommend them! read more

Best cakes in town! The custom cakes always come out better than I imagined. The presentation is stunning and the taste is amazing. Highly recommend for any celebration. read more

The ice box cake or cupcake is the reason why we stopped by. Service was prompt and staff person was helpful. It's a cozy space but we took our ice box to go. There is street parking available. read more

I've bought 1-2 birthday cakes a year for several years and they've been consistent. Today when we picked up the cake (which I ordered weeks ago), they'd forgotten to write what we asked them to write.. you know the thing that makes it a birthday cake and not a regular cake. When I complained, I got an insincere sorry from the woman on the phone and not much else. Pretty disappointing! read more

I used to come here specifically for their icebox cupcake, which is the most perfect chocolate to jcing ratio. Unfortunately, this visit fell short and will most likely be my last. I walked into the shop, as the bell attached to the door had rang.. two female employees quickly looked my way and the shop fell silent you, could hear a pin drop. No icebox cupcake to settled for a chocolate and a funfetti flavored. The box on the inside is meant for 4 but I only got two. Just painting a picture. I believe the cashier's name is Joceline, just referencing the receipt, asked if I wanted a box. I said yes. Asked if I wanted it closed, I said yes. I had a feeling she either did not want to be there or she's going through something. Anyways, hope it gets better. read more

Ordered a dozen of assorted cupcakes for my niece and nephew's 1st bday party. The girl who was working that day was very helpful. It can be difficult to find parking but the cupcakes are really worth it. Also, even if you find parking a bit far, the area is really nice and there are other places to explore as well. read more

Lark Cake Shop - Desserts Near Me - Los Angeles, California

The cake was absolutely horrible! The service was so bad I wouldn't and won't go back! Your employees have no customer service etiquette and extremely unfriendly! They both appeared bored and not helpful at all! The cake was for my niece's high school graduation at the Hollywood Bowl and you are invited to bring your own food. I offered to bring the cake and what an ugly cake! I ordered the Ice Box Cake in Berry and it was awful! The top was cracking and I asked to have written Congratulations Addi! It appeared to be scribbled on the top in purple and surrounded by a sea of cracks in the frosting. I rushed to buy some edible confetti to decorate the otherwise plain cake and to cover the cracks.... I asked the young lady if they could at least put some berries around the top or something to cover the cracks? She said, "no that's how the cake comes!" Such a poor reflection of your expertise! I've had your cakes many times from neighbors birthdays every year which is why I chose them for a dessert! Such a huge let down for our guest. Everyone took one bite and set it down! For $70.00 it sure WAS NOT worth it! I did have one of your cupcakes and it tasted very old! Huge mistake! read more

Don't order anything from this place if you care about what it looks like. We found this place online because they had a cake that looked like what we wanted. We ordered the cake on their website and then called them to make sure they knew what we wanted. We just wanted to match the example they had but adapted for our son's school. Their attention to detail is terrible and when we asked them to fix it, they got an attitude and said it looked fine. They shouldn't be in the baking business with the quality and service they provided. Terrible read more

Lark Cake Shop - Example from their website - Desserts Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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Serve fresh cupcakes. I use to drop in all the time, even at $4 a cupcake but today I bought 3 cupcakes, all carrot cake and it has never been dry before. Today they were dry as a bone. I don't think I could come back now. read more

Ordered a cake for my daughter's 3rd birthday . Cake came out beautiful. Dinosaur topper wasn't included i made that myself :) I ordered the berry short cake I will say the frosting tasted a little different compared to the cupcake foraging but was still delicious:) read more

Lark Cake Shop - Dinosaur wasn't included but cake came out beautiful. - Desserts Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Really wonderful cake shop! Wed heard so much about Lark Cake Shop and were originally hoping to order a cake at their Pasadena location but found out it was closed and possibly moving. I decided to drive out to Silverlake and ordered the Nutella Crunch Cake (looked just like the photo on their website!). The staff were super nice and helpful and the shop was clean and cute. Everyone LOVED the cake! The cake was moist and we loved that it wasn't the same icing around the outside and in between layers. The Nutella filling was lighter than expected which was good and didn't make the cake too sweet. Also, the buttercream on the outside was just the perfect amount of sweet. We'll be back for a future birthday celebration! read more

Lark Cake Shop - Nutella crunch cake - Desserts Near Me - Los Angeles, California

I always love ordering from Lark and especially love their light and fluffy ice box cupcakes. For my friend's birthday I ordered some mini black & white cupcakes and a custom plain textured buttercream black & white cake. Lark does not decorate with flowers, greenery, or toppers so I added the decorations myself! The online cake ordering process was simple & easy and Melissa was quick to respond with details/quotes. The cake was ready on time and everyone enjoyed the cakes/cupcakes! read more

Lark Cake Shop - Black and White Cupcake Custom Black and White Cake - Desserts Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Randomly stopped by this place to try the cupcakes. They were not good at all and were very dry.

Not what I asked for Not a holiday cake Not even in the center Could this birthday cake be decorated worse? Also their customer service is horrible I was so embarrassed by this ugly cake that I spent $50 on Instacart to try to make it better in a hurry read more

Lark Cake Shop - Ugly Cake - Desserts Near Me - Los Angeles, California

A friend of mine brought over an assortment of cupcakes where I got to try a bite of several flavors and I actually enjoyed every single one. She mentioned the berry shortcake cupcake was their most popular and it didn't disappoint. I would definitely suggest the nutella cupcake which might've been my favorite. It wasn't as sweet as I expected so I very much enjoyed it. If you like super sweet desserts, the chocolate mouse and chocolate mocha was also good. I guess bottomline is, you can't really go wrong. She got the cupcakes delivered the same day so it was very convenient for our group celebrating a birthday. read more

Their cookies and cream round ice box cupcakes are so good! They seem tiny but good enough for two or more people. I don't think it's actually cookies n cream but that's the taste I'd describe it as. Would recommend calling ahead to order because they do sell out fast. Service is great everything is pretty simple you go in get your cake or cupcake and bounce. Only steet parking as well. read more

We visit Lark twice a year for each other's birthdays. What used to be a wonderful experience has turned into a depressing experience. The person behind the counter looked absolutely miserable. No good morning or welcome or just a bored hey. It used to be a cute little cake shop, now it's got an empty cooler ( apparently broken) and very few cupcakes to choose from. They were out of the icebox cupcake, again. I asked about the one in the cooler and was told it had been there for a year. Wtaf? I remember being disappointed with the service last year as well. We will find a new bakery for our special days as this is unacceptable in just about every way. A lot of local businesses are struggling and I always try to frequent locally owned, but this place seems like it needs put out of its misery. I hope you can turn it around, but you lost our business for good this time. read more

I can't believe my Yelp friends have reviews for Lark that are 12-13 years old. I'm born and raised in Los Feliz and travel on Sunset almost every Monday-Friday. How did I miss Lark Cake Shop? Thanks to my sister, she brought some cupcakes and some ice boxes home and I was amazed at the tastes of these sweet and delicious desserts. Their cupcakes are sweet and moist, I love them. If you haven't tried their Oreo Ice Box, those are to die for! Layers of cake and Oreos mixed in, perfect for the summer heat. Lark makes a ton of cakes and personalizes cakes to your liking as well, check them out. The ladies behind the counter (8/13) were super friendly and sweet, thanks for the cupcake recommendations! Street parking, credit cards okay. read more

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The worst cupcakes. Smaller and dense like hockey pucks. I got the red velvet and carrot cake. Both had 1/3 frosting, hardly any cupcake. It made me mad to spend $4 per mini cupcake. Sad to have a subpar experience. Cupcakes should be a bigger portion, softer in texture and fun to eat. Meh. read more

Lark Cake Shop - Smallest cupcakes $4 each. Super dense. Not good at all. Like a brownie in texture. Meh. - Desserts Near Me - Los Angeles, California

What a Wonderful find! I ordered a cake for the first time! Emailed and called. They were very communicative and responsive! Sent my friend a cake via their delivery service and so happy that it turned out just as expected! My friend was super happy and thankful! They said that the cake was super delicious and wonderful! I would definitely order again and recommend. Thank you Lark Cakes! Great Job!!! read more

Lark Cake Shop - Inside of cake! Looks yummy. Friend said it was Fantastic and yummy! - Desserts Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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Super happy with the cake and service we received from John and his team from the initial inquiry, to the cake tasting, all for our intimate wedding- we secured on a 2 tiered red velvet cake for the theme of "wild flowers" with the flower piping on the side. It was a hot day but they made sure that it stayed up in place. Delivered on time, great communication and of course, delicious taste! Thank you so much! read more

Lark Cake Shop - Two tier cake, with flowers - Desserts Near Me - Los Angeles, California

We got chocolate cake and it looked nice but the quality of the cake is average. We also got some cupcakes that looked good, but I did not try. In summary. It's an average place but compared to the price, I think the quality did not match it. read more

Lark Cake Shop made our wedding cake, and from start to finish, it was a seamless and truly special experience. John is communicative, generous, and thoughtful, and he took the time to answer all of my nit-picky questions along the way! The cake was DELICIOUS (duh) -- but more than that, the folks at Lark just treated us really well, and in a planning process that can at times feel exploitative and needlessly stressful, that went a long way. 10/10 would recommend Lark. read more

We ordered the black and white cake for our wedding and it was great! All our guests enjoyed it. Lark Cake Shop was very communicative and easy to work with via email. We're already looking forward to ordering another cake for our anniversary :) read more

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I don't write reviews often but damn I got a Nutella cake for my girlfriend's 30th birthday and she loved it. 5/5 great cake and thanks for calling and reminding the ADHD boyfriend it's ready. read more

my family was absolutely perplexed by the buche de noel we ordered for christmas. the cream and frosting were good but the actual cake part was completely tasteless and had the texture of silly putty. we were thinking it tasted like they must have forgotten sugar, and maybe that also affected the texture? a key ingredient was definitely forgotten or something. read more

Ive bookmarked this place before and finally had the chance to come. This would have to be the saddest cake shop Ive ever seen :( I came in here for a birthday cake and i needed some time to pick a cake since I needed my friend's opinion. The employee was not very helpful and did not look happy to be there. Whenever I bought a cake elsewhere, there would be complimentary writing or candles to add to the cake. At least a "happy birthday" But, no writing could be added to the cake so I asked for some candles. But the candles needed to be bought- another $12 on top of the $50 cake. It's honestly a very sad looking cake without any of the candles.. anyway I wont be back. read more

I've been wanting to try this cake shop for years, constantly eyeing it when I'd go on neighborhood walks looking through the window glass, but didn't find the right event/opportunity to splurge on the beautiful cakes. I decided to purchase some cupcakes today for my gf's birthday and was so so disappointed by the poor costumer service. The girl gave me attitude and worse wouldn't add an extra cupcake to the box. When I asked her to explain why she couldn't give me an explanation. Then she added the cupcake in a very disgruntled matter after telling me she couldn't!! Why she wouldn't want me to buy an extra cupcake is beyond me. When I got home the cupcake was tossed and smushed. I'm very sad and disappointed since I was looking forward to this business so badly. Ultimately quality is good, but customer service is disastrous. read more

All I have to say is that their cupcakes are quite good. Here's what I've tried: Berry Shortcake - The berry whipped cream inside was just so incredibly flavorful. It was perfectly sweet and airy. The cake was good too, but any kind of cake would have tasted great with that whipped cream. Lemon Key Lime - The lemon cake was quite good, but I wasn't getting much lime in the filling. It tasted more like lemon, but I'm not complaining. Another home run. Nutella Crunch - It's still about the whipped cream. It had a really great nutella flavor. If you like hazelnuts, you won't be disappointed by this. Chocolate Mocha - The chocolate was pretty rich but tempered by the mocha cream. I'm not a huge fan of too much chocolate and coffee, but this one was perfectly palatable. read more

We ordered a lemon lime cake with key lime & cheesecake filling and Italian buttercream frosting, as well as some vegan chocolate orange mini cupcakes for our wedding. Everything was so delicious! We especially loved how helpful John was in the planning process. There was absolutely no upselling. He shared what the most budget-friendly option would be and what we could do if we were open to spending more. read more

I was excited to try this cute and popular place. I thought for sure the cupcakes would be great. Boy was I wrong. Terrible bread that makes up the cupcakes. Dry as a desert. Lacks flavor. Lacked any quality ingredients. Tasted as if the bread was many days old, left out and made with water. Unfortunate because some of the frostings were very delicious but not appreciated with the bread part. The red velvet frosting was delicious on its own! The chocolate frosting on chocolate was tasty. The berries cupcake fell flat and the worst was Nutella. My teenage nieces had the confetti flavor and they didn't want it after the first bite. I was surprised at how bad it came together with the location, decor and price point. Quite expensive for the size of the cupcakes imo. If they could improve the breading to be as upscale as the rest of the package, it would be worth a return. The young girl at the desk was nice. The place was clean. The cupcake holders could be better, the cupcakes are too small they get stuck in the slot and you have to squeeze them out. Not sure what cupcakes all the 5 star review customers had. These were not it. read more

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This Cake Shop worked with me via email. I sent over inspiration photos and I was followed up with cost tiers and options. This was such an easy experience. The turnaround time was fast, too! The taste was a fresh, fluffy, fruity-berry spongie melts in your mouth type of cake. The appearance was superb! If I ever need a Hello Kitty cake again, I will be sure to return. read more

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TL;DR - cake tasted good, but looked bad. Customer service was inattentive. Shop seems good for simple cakes, but not customized cakes. Our cake was supposed to be ready at 10:00AM for pick up, but when we got to the shop at 10:30AM, they were still making it. No apology or recognition by the staff there. We waited about 15-20 minutes outside for the cake to be completed, but the staff was not attentive at all and did not even come to get us when the cake was finished. We were getting nervous since they weren't done with the cake-- we felt like it was going to be a rush job. We were also skeptical since a previous headphone cake in the reviews here was HORRENDOUS. Listen to the reviews because our fears were actualized when the cake made was the "bootleg" version of the images and character references we provided. See the pictures. The devil is in the details and the devil doesn't seem to be present. You can see that the main character, the bunny, has uneven ears and unbalanced facial features. The proportion of the head is incorrect too. The bunny should be the star of the cake. The "happy birthday" scripture had an icing smear too that could've been wiped off before giving it to us. The cake was $170 and should reflect that quality, but unfortunately it didn't. On a positive note, the chocolate mousse was fantastic and the cake was tasty. read more

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Oh wow. The coconut cupcake might be the best cupcake I've ever had in my life. I had dreams about it and needed to come here to write a review. Thanks for all you do. read more

Great. Another bake shop for me to invade. I was visiting Stark next door, so I had to pass Lark anyway; figured I had no choice but to stop in. Upon entering, this place is rather...empty. There was a table up front and the display is in the back, and it was very quiet, no music or conversation. One girl was working and she came over right away when she noticed a customer. I let her know this was my first time and she right away recommended the icebox cake that they were known for, which happened to be one of the items I was interested in. Between the gingersnap, berry, cold brew and the chocolate, I went with the chocolate but was briefly considering the berry. Adding in a vanilla cupcake, this came out to $9. Cupcake was good; this is my default item when I try new bakeries and they passed the test. I asked her if the icing was buttercream and she said it was just whipped cream, but when I looked afterwards, the menu description said Italian buttercream...regardless, it was enjoyable! I got to the icebox cake a couple days later after storing it in the fridge and This is what I've been waiting for. The layers of Oreo and cream was light and delicious, and the size is ideal for sharing, or in my case, saving the other half for another day. Lark's locations are not convenient for me by any means, but that icebox is worth a trip if you are in the area. At $5, it was a perfect size, and well worth it. With the quality of the goods they had here, I can overlook the lack of decoration in the place; what they sell is what really shines here. Looking forward to my next icebox cake with Lark! read more

So relieved to get a very helpful person on the phone to order a same-day birthday cake! Shocking that Los Feliz Bakery no longer sells whole cakes, and the folks at Proof made it clear they wished they never had to answer the phone, much less actually use more than one word to answer questions. My mistake for calling those places first, never again will bother with Proof. The person who answered at Proof was amazing; quickly made some suggestions, took my order over the phone, and gave some helpful serving tips. ...and the Black and White cake was terrific! Solid operation, wish more places emulated their style. Got me locked in now for my cake, pie, and cupcake needs going forward. read more